Sportsman s convertible hat



PATENTBD JAN. 5, 1904.

E. E. HODSHON.

SPORTSMANS CONVERTIBLE HAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1903.

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

B. E. HODSHON.

SPORTSMAN'S CONVERTIBLE HAT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1903.

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' UNITED STATES Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPORTS MANS CONVERTIBLE HAT.

SIEE()IFIGA'JJIOA l forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,950, dated January 5, 1904 Application filed June 1,.1903. fierial No. 159,451. (No model.)

'To aZZ whom it may concern! Be it known that I, ERNEST ELMORE H013 SHON, a citizen of the United States, residing: at Wheeling, county of Ohio, State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Sportsmens Convertible Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the ac-,

' companying drawings, in which.-

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the cal sectional view of one side of the hat, the shade being extended; Fig. 4, a. similar view showing the shade folded and concealed by the hat-ribbon; Fig. 5, a bottom plan view showing the shade extended; Fig. 6, a detail vertical sectional view showing the means for locking the shade in its extended position; Fig. 7, a detail side elevation of a portion of the hat, the shade being extended and shown in section; and Fig. 8, a detail elevation of a portion of the hat-frame. Y

The main object of this invention is to provide a hat or cap with a foldable sun or rain shade which when not extended and in use may be folded and secured around the outer side of the hat in such manner that it may be entirely covered and concealed by a detachable band or cap-ribbon.

Another object of the invention is to form such a hat and shade of exceedingly simple- I other.

and light construction.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the hat-frame. This frame is composed of two horizontal wires 2, secured to which at intervals are the vertical wires 3, these wires being spaced suit-able distances apart around the hat. The upper and lower ends of the wires 3'are bent to form the outward-extending eyes 3, which embrace the horizontal wires 2. By extending the eyes outward the horizontal wires are supported in such a position that they, together with the vertical wires, form a sort of channel "which receives the folded shade and the hatring hereinafter described. As shown in the drawings, there are ten of these vertical wires;

but, as is obvious, there may be as many as are desired. Secured to this frame, on the inner side thereof, is a strip 4, of stiff fabric, such as buckram or other suitable material, the upper edge of this strip being folded down over the wire 2 and the upper ends of the vertical wires 3, and the lower edge of the said strip being folded up over the lower ends of the wires 3. The horizontal edges of this strip are secured permanently in their folded positions by means of suitable stitching. To the lower edge of this frame is secured the forward-extended vi zor and the usual sweat-band 5. p

, On the vertical stay-wires 3 are pivoted the inner ends of the stretcher-rods 6, said rods being connected to the stay-wires where said wires are exposed, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A stretcher rod is pivoted on each of the vertical stay-wires but it will of course be understood that this need not be so,'it being only necessary, or rather desirable, that the stretcher rods be located equal distances apart around the hat. These stretcher-rods constitute What 1' term for convenience the stretcher-frame. Extending loosely around the hat-frame, on the outer side thereof, is a shade-ring 7, formed of wire or other suitable stifi flexible material. At tached permanently to this wire is the inner edge of a thin foldable shade 8, the outer edge of said shade being connected to the outer ends of the stretcher-rods, said rods and the shade being otherwise unconnected to each It will be readily seen that by sliding the shade-ring around the hat in one direction the stretcher-rods may be swung outward and the shade will be extended and brought to a taut condition and thatbya reverse movement of the shade-ring the shade will swing inward the outer ends of the the fastener is secured in such a position that when the shade is extended the two parts of the fastener will register and may be snapped into engagement to hold the shade in its extended position.

Connected to the shade-ring and to the shade at its inner edge is a crown part 12. It will be readily understood that when the shade-ring is moved around the hat-frame the crown will also be shifted, the two parts moving together. This is a convenient form in which to manufacture the device; but I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to fastening the crown to the shade, as the crown may be secured directly to the hatframe, if desired.

To the lower edge of the hat-frame, on the outer side thereof, is secured an upward-extending band 13, in the upper edge of which is secured a marginal wire 14, the band and the wire forming a pocket or annular channel which is adapted to receive the free ends of the stretcher-rods when the shade is collapsed. The band 13 is connected to the hatframe only along its lower edge, the upper edge thereof being unattached to the hatframe, whereby a pocket is formed of sufficient depth to conveniently receive the ends of the stretcher-bars and a considerable portion of the folded shade. By this means the shade and the stretcher-rods are held in their folded position.

To conceal the folded shade and to give to the hat or cap a neat and pleasing appearance, I employ a detachable hat-ribbon 15, to one end of which, on the inner side thereof, I seoure fastening devices 16, which are adapted to engage a fastening device 16 on the crown part of the hat and a similar fas tening 16 on the band 13 directly below the fastening 16 on the crown part. To the ribbon 15, on the outer side thereof and coincident with the fastenings 16, are secured fastenings 17, with which the fastening devices 18 on the inner side of the ribbon at the other end thereof connect. These fastening devices are clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the shade is extended, the ribbon 15 may be secured around the frame of the hat, if desired, by engaging one of the fastenings 16 with the fastening 16 and then after passing the ribbon around the hat causing one of the fastenings 18 to be engaged over the fastening 17 corresponding to the fastening 16 which is in engagement with the fastening 16". It is also obvious that the band may in like manner be secured to the outer side of the cap above the shade by connectingit with the fastening device 16 A hat and shade constructed as described will be very light, and when the stretcherrods are swung inward and bent around the band 13 will receive all the thrust of the spring stretcher-rods, so that the said rods will not bulge or force outward the ribbon 15, and said ribbon will lie very smoothly on the band 13 and on that part of the folded shade above said band and below the shade-ring 7.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hat the combination, of ahat-fram'e, a foldable shade, a stretcher-frame consisting of a series of stretcher-rods connected at their ends only to the outer edge of the shade, the said stretcher-frame and the shade being supported by the hat-frame, one of said parts being permanently connected to the hatframe and the other part being slidable around said frame, and a permanent shadereceiving pocket connected to the hat-frame on the outer side thereof, said pocket being I open at its upper edge to receive the free ends of the stretcher-rods and the connected shade.

2 The combination of a hat, a foldableshade loosely supported at its inner edge around the hat, a stretcher-frame consisting of a series of stretcher-rods connected at their outer ends only to the shade,the saidstretcherframe being permanently attached to the hat whereby the stretcher-rods may be swung outward and the shade extended by sliding the inner edge of the shade around the hat, and a retaining-pocket secured to the outer side of the hat below the shade and adapted to receive the free ends of the stretcher-rods and the folded shade.

3. In combination with a hat, a foldable and unfoldable shade mounted thereon, a flexible fabric pocket secured to the hat to receive said shade and retain it in its folded position, said pocket being closed at its outer side and bottom and open at its top, whereby the folded shade may be forced down into the pocket.

4. In combination with a hat, a foldable and unfoldable shade mounted thereon, flexible and resilient stretcher-rods connected to said shade and to the hat, and a flexible pocket open at its upper edge and closed at its bottom and outer side and connected to the hat and adapted to receive the folded shade and stretcher-rods to retain them in their folded positions around the hat.

5. In combination with a hat, a foldable and unfoldable shade mounted thereon, a flexible pocket to receive said shade to retain it in its folded position, and a detachable hatribbon adapted to be secured about the hat to conceal the folded shade and the pocket.

6. In combination with a hat, a foldable and unfoldable shade mounted thereon, flexible and resilient stretcher-rods connected to said shade and to the hat, a flexible fabric pocket open at its upper edge and closed at its outer side and bottom and secured to the hat, said pocket being adapted to receive the shade and the stretcher-rods to retain them in their folded positions around the hat, and a removable hat-ribbon adapted to besecured over the pocket to conceal the folded shade and the pocket.

7. The combination of a hat, a shade-ring loosely mounted thereon on the outer side thereof, a shade connected'a't its inner edge to said ring, a series of stretcher-rods pivoted attheir inner ends to the hat their outer ends being attached to the shade and a crown portion connected to the shade-ring.

8. A hat comprising, a frame formed of the horizontal wire 2,the depending vertical staywires connected to said main wire at suitable intervals, suitable stiffening material connected to said wire frame, flexible and resilientstretcher-rods pivoted at theirinner ends to the stay-wires, a shade-ring extending loosely around the hatframe above the stretcher-rods, afoldable shade connected at its inner edge to the shade-ring and at its outer edge to the outer ends of the stretcherrods, means for locking the shade-ring to precrown portion connected to the shade-ring.

9. In ahat the combination, of a hat-frame, a foldable shade, a stretcher-frame consisting of aseries of stretcher-rods connected at their outer ends only to the outer edge of the shade, the said stretcher-frame and the shade being supported by the hat-frame, one of said parts being permanently connected to the hatframe and the other part being slidable around said frame, and a shade-receiving pocket connected to the hat-frame to receive the ouier ends of the stretcher-rods and the connected shade.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 27th day of May, 1903.

ERNEST ELMORE HODSHON.

Witnesses:

W. 0. BROWN, ELSIE G. HENDERSON. 

